Trump DOJ Backs Abbott to Block ICE Agent Extradition as Minnesota Presses 394 Calls
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Updated · TPM · Aug 25
Trump DOJ Backs Abbott to Block ICE Agent Extradition as Minnesota Presses 394 Calls
3 articles · Updated · TPM · Aug 25
Summary
A new DOJ filing backed Greg Abbott’s effort to delay extraditing ICE agent Christian Castro to Minnesota, supplying an ICE declaration that Castro was ordered back to Texas after the January Minneapolis shooting.
Abbott argues Castro may not qualify as a fugitive because he did not leave Minnesota voluntarily; legal experts cited in the report say that distinction does not matter under extradition law.
Minnesota asked to reply to Abbott’s new argument and add evidence that Castro is a flight risk, including 16 reviewed jail calls about marrying a woman in Mexico and retiring there.
Castro is jailed in Brownsville and charged with shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis through a home’s front door during Operation Metro Surge, then allegedly lying about it.
The filing fits a broader clash in which Minnesota says the Trump administration has repeatedly hindered state efforts to investigate and prosecute alleged ICE abuses tied to the operation.